Begin reading the essay, "Why a Bill of Rights?" and answer the four questions at the end. File in your handouts section for future reference.
Read handout, "A Fundamental Right?"
Your assignment is to compose a proposal. This list will describe the liberties that you wish to protect. In groups of three to four start by making a list of the rights you think we need. Then write a rationale statement about each right you think needs to be protected.
When finished compare your list to the others in class.
Are there common rights proposed by all groups?
Does this commonality reveal the rights Americans have historically deemed to be fundamental?
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
What are the Bill of Rights? Lets have a quiet competition. Who can find the Bill of Rights in their textbook, no sharing, until I ask for someone to share.Carefully read through the Bill of Rights and begin to understand what they are protecting.
In your Journal section:Locate and summarize the common protections that the Bill of Rights has given to the people of The United States.
Then compare it to your student proposals. How are the lists similar and how are the lists different?
How does the Bill of Rights protect liberty? At their core, what do the protections in the Bill of Rights have in common?
You will be the JUDGE! Each of you will get eight Scenarios. Complete the handout, quietly then we will share out and compare findings and look at the actual US Supreme Court Case that
Thursday and Friday, September 9 & 10, 2010
Synopsis: This week’s Bill of Rights in the News eLesson focuses on Arizona’s new law designed to combat illegal immigration. The law, which has not yet gone into effect, was designed to mirror federal law and makes it a state crime to be in the USA illegally. The law has been strongly criticized by those who argue it will authorize racial profiling. In response to these concerns, the governor recently approved changes to the law clarifying that racial profiling is illegal.
We will be finishing Mind Maps and then read Technology and the Law and answering questions - add to your activities section of your notebook.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Begin reading the essay, "Why a Bill of Rights?" and answer the four questions at the end. File in your handouts section for future reference.
Read handout, "A Fundamental Right?"
Your assignment is to compose a proposal. This list will describe the liberties that you wish to protect. In groups of three to four start by making a list of the rights you think we need. Then write a rationale statement about each right you think needs to be protected.
When finished compare your list to the others in class.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
What are the Bill of Rights? Lets have a quiet competition. Who can find the Bill of Rights in their textbook, no sharing, until I ask for someone to share.Carefully read through the Bill of Rights and begin to understand what they are protecting.
In your Journal section:Locate and summarize the common protections that the Bill of Rights has given to the people of The United States.
Then compare it to your student proposals. How are the lists similar and how are the lists different?
How does the Bill of Rights protect liberty?
At their core, what do the protections in the Bill of Rights have in common?
You will be the JUDGE! Each of you will get eight Scenarios. Complete the handout, quietly then we will share out and compare findings and look at the actual US Supreme Court Case that
Thursday and Friday, September 9 & 10, 2010
Synopsis: This week’s Bill of Rights in the News eLesson focuses on Arizona’s new law designed to combat illegal immigration. The law, which has not yet gone into effect, was designed to mirror federal law and makes it a state crime to be in the USA illegally. The law has been strongly criticized by those who argue it will authorize racial profiling. In response to these concerns, the governor recently approved changes to the law clarifying that racial profiling is illegal.
News Resources
Arizona governor signs changes into immigration law
http://www.abc15.com/content/news/phoenixmetro/central/story/Governor-signs-several-changes-to-Arizona/qNpxW7Jonkm9shejhnkiSQ.cspx
Holder: U.S. May Fight Arizona Immigration Law
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/27/politics/main6437887.shtml
First lawsuits filed to challenge Arizona illegal-immigrant law
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/30/nation/la-na-arizona-immigration-20100430
Ariz. immigration policy sets off polarizing debate
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-05-02-immigration_N.htm
Bill of Rights Resources
Article I, Section 8
http://www.constitutionbee.org/user/StudentGuide.aspx?id=764
The Fourth Amendment
http://www.constitutionbee.org/user/StudentGuide.aspx?id=793
The Fourteenth Amendment
http://www.constitutionbee.org/user/StudentGuide.aspx?id=812
Immigration and Nationality Act
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=f3829c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=f3829c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD
Topics: Federal immigration law
http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/immigration